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Adrienne Miller (born 1972) is an American
writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short sto ...
. From 1997 to 2005, she was the fiction editor of ''
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''.


Early life

Miller was born in 1972 in
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. She lived in a small farming community surrounded by silos and cornfields until she was nine years old. At nine, her parents moved to a suburb of
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.


Working life

Miller moved to
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in the spring of 1994, a week before her college graduation. She worked at '' GQ'', as an editorial assistant, then as an assistant editor. In 1997, she became the literary editor of ''
Esquire Esquire (, ; abbreviated Esq.) is usually a courtesy title. In the United Kingdom, ''esquire'' historically was a title of respect accorded to men of higher social rank, particularly members of the landed gentry above the rank of gentleman ...
'', a position she held until leaving in 2005. In 2006, that position was filled by Tom Chiarella. Her novel, ''The Coast of Akron'', was published by
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in 2005. During the fall semester of 2009, Miller took a teaching position at the University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts and Sciences, where she taught a writing seminar on Russian author
Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov ( ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Rus ...
and Swedish filmmaker
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. Miller's 2020 memoir, ''In the Land of Men'', was called a literary junkie's "dream come true" by Associated Press reviewer Lincee Ray.


Personal life

In the March 2018 issue of ''
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'', Miller published an account of the sexual harassment she encountered at ''GQ'' and ''Esquire''.


Bibliography

*Miller, Adrienne, ''The Coast of Akron'' (New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005). *Miller, Adrienne. ''In the Land of Men: A Memoir.'' (Ecco, 2020.)


Resources


Interview with Adrienne Miller



References


See also

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Adrienne 1972 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American women novelists American magazine editors Writers from Columbus, Ohio 21st-century American women writers Journalists from Ohio Novelists from Ohio American women non-fiction writers American women magazine editors 21st-century American memoirists Memoirists from Ohio